Laffy

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social
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Bite me, Musk.

NOTE: NO BIO, NO POSTS = INSTANT BLOCK

Progressive political commentator (print, radio, podcasts) for years. I post a lot: breaking news + legit info you can use, prone to snark. My mini Australian Labradoodle, Hamilton, has trained me well.

Now where's my trough of wine? 🍷🇨🇦

#Progressive #USPolitics #VotingRights #legal #WomensRights #CivilRights #BLM #climate #Canada #journalists #politics #news #LGBTQ #DogsOfMastodon

How I Moved to Canadahttps://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada.html
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“They’re just spinning their wheels, citing in many cases overstated or fake savings,” said Romina Boccia, the director of budget and entitlement policy at the libertarian Cato Institute. “What’s most frustrating is that we agree with their goals. But we’re watching them flail at achieving them.”

#Musk ’s group did not respond to questions about its claims..”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress

Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.

The New York Times

Ch-ch-changes. #Trump #1A

“Press pool will made up of the following group: 1 print journalist who will serve as the “print pooler,” each day, 1 additional print journalist, crew from 1 of major TV networks, crew from a secondary television network or streaming service, 1 radio journalist, 1 “new media” or indep journalist, 4 photojournalists”
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5250852-white-house-removes-wire-spot-from-press-pool/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5250852-white-house-removes-wire-spot-from-press-pool/amp/

An organization representing 72,000 academic professionals at 125 Canadian universities and colleges advises its members to avoid non-essential travel to the United States. https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/04/caut-advises-academics-against-non-essential-travel-us

CC: Look in the page---why are Canadian provinces listed ⬆️ here?

Poileivre/Trump are up to no good?

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👋 #Fediverse Friends

The US has provided a "Rat On Them" form for Reporting Healthcare providers who offer gender affirming care.

👉 ** It really would be a shame if their servers were overwhelmed with bogus reports, eh.
Pretty sure you know what to do with this.

👉 Boosting this might create issues so think about it first, right....

VPN = ON

EDIT : WHY ARE CANADIAN PROVINCES LISTED?!!

#2SLGBTQ+ #Children #Trans #Healthcare #USpoli

https://www.hhs.gov/protect-kids/index.html

Guys? I had to add an Axios story to my DOGE debunking list today. I think the story is substantially wrong and it's Axios and all. But it's still a debunking. That's what we've come to. EVEN Axios can debunk DOGE. www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...

DOGE Debunking - emptywheel
DOGE Debunking - emptywheel

MuskWatch’s DOGE tracker Running Xitter threads from Momentum Chaser January 30: Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza January 30: FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas February 12: ‘Some of the things that I say will be incorrect’: Musk […]

emptywheel
Judge Xinis also sets up a process for the govt to lodge any objections to requested discovery, requiring that parties confer, submit a joint letter, and have a phone conference with Judge Xinis in an attempt to forestall lengthy briefing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: Judge Xinis authorizes up to 15 interrogatories, 15 document requests, depositions from all govt declarants (Cerna, Katz, Kozak, and Mazzara) and up to two others to assess what the govt has done to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"A federal judge ruled Tuesday that EPA, the Interior and Energy Departments and other agencies unlawfully froze funds under Democrats’ climate and infrastructure spending laws, ordering the agencies to immediately resume disbursing the money.

The ruling from Judge Mary McElroy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, who was named to the bench by #Trump" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/judge-orders-immediate-thaw-of-ira-infrastructure-funds-00292111